The Prospect in England

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 3, 1871

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 38, No. 16.

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The Prospect in England.

The Detroit Post, commenting on the English outlook, in view of the death of the queen which is soon expected, says:—
“To this event the people, as well as the politicians, are looking forward with intense interest, not to say anxiety. The lower classes are being ripened, by the sincere Communists and the “International” demagogues, for revolution. Gladstone, and the Liberals generally, are adapting their phraseology to republican necessities. Bradlaugh, a red revolutionist of much influence, confidently asserts that the republic will be established in less than five years; while all classes, aristocratic, commercial, and democratic, are anxiously preparing for the fateful day that calls the Prince of Wales to the throne. That he has the confidence of few, and the hatred of many; that the paupers, and the pinched and impoverished working-classes of England are discontented, and bitter, and sullen, in their disrespect for the monarchy; that the state of Ireland greatly troubles if it does not quite baffle the statesmanship of Mr. Gladstone, as he himself confessed in his speech of Tuesday, are facts as notorious as they are perplexing and disquieting. Queen Victoria’s approaching dissolution, whether it be of mind or body, or both, is bringing the English people face to face with most startling and serious events.”